(From a conversation about the length of civil air patrol prop titles):
Yeah, I see your point. Renaming is a hassle because I need to change code to add to the dictionary of synonyms so that the old ones still work, but it’s not that bad.
The main other tradeoff would be that if you’re looking for these and search for “civil”, it would show none of these because they lose the words “civil” and “patrol” (“air” isn’t a helpful word to search for – too many other hits). It would only work if you search for “cap”, so the main issue is just that I’m likely to get more product support asking me if I support civil air patrol.
But that might be a worthwhile tradeoff.
Maybe a better approach is to use the shorter display name. I already have a short name field (for print header columns), maybe I can/should use that (see the 3rd column below). Though sometimes that’s super short – e.g., “CAP Obs” may make sense in the context of a print layout, but it doesn’t make a ton of sense in the context of editing a flight, does it? (Though there is in fact the help hover hint).
148 Civil Air Patrol: Mission Pilot Time CAP Mission Pilot CAP Mission Pilot Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent as mission pilot
149 Civil Air Patrol: Transport Mission Pilot Time CAP Trns Pilot CAP Transport Mission Pilot Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent as transport mission pilot
150 Civil Air Patrol: Mission Observer Time CAP Obs CAP Mission Observer: {0} 1 0 Time spent as mission observer
151 Civil Air Patrol: Mission Scanner Time CAP Scanner CAP Mission Scanner: {0} 1 0 Time spent as mission scanner
228 Civil Air Patrol: Proficiency Flight CAP Proficiency Flight 2 0 Indicates that this was a CAP proficiency flight
229 Civil Air Patrol: Powered Orientation Flight CAP Orient Flts CAP Powered Orientation Flights: {0} 0 0 The number of orientation flights given
230 Civil Air Patrol: Glider Orientation Flight CAP Gldr Orient Flts CAP Glider Orientation Flights: {0} 0 0 The number of orientation flights given (glider)
232 Civil Air Patrol: Form 5 Checkride CAP Form 5 Checkride 2 16777216 Indicates that this was a CAP checkride
258 Civil Air Patrol: Form 91 Checkride CAP Form 91 Checkride 2 16777216 Indicates that this flight was a Civil Air Patrol Checkride
573 Civil Air Patrol: Instructor Pilot Time CAP Instr CAP Instructor Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent giving instruction for Civil Air Patrol duties
704 Civil Air Patrol: Checkrides Given CAP Checkrides Given CAP Checkrides Given: {0} 0 0 The number of CAP checkrides given on this flight.
706 Civil Air Patrol: UAS Technician Time CAP UAS Tech CAP UAS Technician Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent in the role of UAS technician.
(From a conversation about the length of civil air patrol prop titles):
Yeah, I see your point. Renaming is a hassle because I need to change code to add to the dictionary of synonyms so that the old ones still work, but it’s not that bad.
The main other tradeoff would be that if you’re looking for these and search for “civil”, it would show none of these because they lose the words “civil” and “patrol” (“air” isn’t a helpful word to search for – too many other hits). It would only work if you search for “cap”, so the main issue is just that I’m likely to get more product support asking me if I support civil air patrol.
But that might be a worthwhile tradeoff.
Maybe a better approach is to use the shorter display name. I already have a short name field (for print header columns), maybe I can/should use that (see the 3rd column below). Though sometimes that’s super short – e.g., “CAP Obs” may make sense in the context of a print layout, but it doesn’t make a ton of sense in the context of editing a flight, does it? (Though there is in fact the help hover hint).
148 Civil Air Patrol: Mission Pilot Time CAP Mission Pilot CAP Mission Pilot Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent as mission pilot 149 Civil Air Patrol: Transport Mission Pilot Time CAP Trns Pilot CAP Transport Mission Pilot Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent as transport mission pilot 150 Civil Air Patrol: Mission Observer Time CAP Obs CAP Mission Observer: {0} 1 0 Time spent as mission observer 151 Civil Air Patrol: Mission Scanner Time CAP Scanner CAP Mission Scanner: {0} 1 0 Time spent as mission scanner 228 Civil Air Patrol: Proficiency Flight CAP Proficiency Flight 2 0 Indicates that this was a CAP proficiency flight 229 Civil Air Patrol: Powered Orientation Flight CAP Orient Flts CAP Powered Orientation Flights: {0} 0 0 The number of orientation flights given 230 Civil Air Patrol: Glider Orientation Flight CAP Gldr Orient Flts CAP Glider Orientation Flights: {0} 0 0 The number of orientation flights given (glider) 232 Civil Air Patrol: Form 5 Checkride CAP Form 5 Checkride 2 16777216 Indicates that this was a CAP checkride 258 Civil Air Patrol: Form 91 Checkride CAP Form 91 Checkride 2 16777216 Indicates that this flight was a Civil Air Patrol Checkride 573 Civil Air Patrol: Instructor Pilot Time CAP Instr CAP Instructor Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent giving instruction for Civil Air Patrol duties 704 Civil Air Patrol: Checkrides Given CAP Checkrides Given CAP Checkrides Given: {0} 0 0 The number of CAP checkrides given on this flight. 706 Civil Air Patrol: UAS Technician Time CAP UAS Tech CAP UAS Technician Time: {0} 1 0 Time spent in the role of UAS technician.
Let me think about this a bit…